Hairdresser&#39;s chair for toy figures, particularly dolls



HAIRDRESSER'S CHAIRS FOR TOY FIGURES PARTICULARLY DOLLS Jan. 12, 1960Filed Feb. 25, 1957 United States Patent HAIRDRESSERS CHAIR FOR TOYFIGURES, PARTICULARLY DOLLS Fritz Moster, Bielefeld, Germany ApplicationFebruary 25, 1957, Serial No. 641,879 Claims priority, applicationGermany February 25, 1956 Claims. (Cl. 155-2) The invention relates to ahairdressers chair for dolls and other toy figures. Its object is toproduce a toy which will enable a child at play to imitate the procedureof hair washing with a doll sitting on a hairdressers chair, withoutsplashing and dirtying the surroundings to too great an extent.

This object is attained according to the invention in that a toyhairdressers chair with a doll sitting thereon is provided with anarrangement which is movable to bring the doll into a leaning forwardposition suitable for washing the hair and for holding the doll in thisposition. The invention also provides a toy which enables the doll to beseated in front of a wash basin and then bent forward over the washbasin so that its head can be washed, on the one hand without it beingnecessary to hold the doll, and on the other hand without the washingliquid being splashed around outside the wash basin. It has likewisebecome possible with the aid of the invention, to perform operations,when playing with dolls, which operations are not restricted, asheretofore, to dressing and undressing.

According to the invention the seat of the hairdressers chair is atleast partly tiltable about an axis extending parallel with the frontedge thereof, and the tiltable part is provided with means for holding adoll on the seat. The seat is preferably divided so that only theportion forming the front edge of the seat is tippable and provided withan elastic holding band which can be placed over the thighs of the doll.

To enable the child at play to wash the head of its doll not only over aspecial wash basin or the like but also over an ordinary household washbasin using the running water supply, the hairdressers chair may,according to a further feature of the invention, be provided with meanswhich make it possible to connect the chair with an underframe whichincreases the height of the seat, preferably so that it is adapted foruse with an ordinary wash basin. This underframe may have connectingmembers to cooperate with the supporting parts, for example the legs ofthe hairdressers chair are constructed as counter-connecting members.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated by way of example in theaccompanying drawing, in which Fig. l is a cross-sectional view showinga hairdressers chair according to the invention, in position for use,

Fig. 2 being a top plan view of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 shows the chair mounted upon an underframe for use inconnection with an ordinary wash basin.

The hairdressers chair according to the invention consists substantiallyof a base or frame a having legs b, a rear seat portion 0, a back rest dand arm rests e.

A striplike front seat portion f is mounted so that it is tiltable aboutthe axis of horizontal axle 3 supported Patented Jan. 12, 1960 betweenlegs b parallel with the front edge of seat portion f.

This tiltable seat portion 1 carries means for holding the supportingplate i which is fixed on the base a and carries the rear seat part cwhich is not tiltable.

'I'hetwo partsc andfoftheseat and alsothebackd are made as upholsteredor padded parts. They are preferably provided with a waterproofcovering, for example of plastic, oilcloth or the like.

The hairdressers chair can be adapted in size to the size of the doll tobe used in conjunction with it. It is therefore too low to enable it tobe used for washing the head of the doll over an ordinary household washbasin with running water. Consequently it may, according to a furtherfeature of the invention, be arranged, as already mentioned, on anunderframe l which brings the seat to the correct height for such a washbasin. The underframe and the hairdressers chair are then provided withinterfitting connection means such as plugs k on the underframe fittinginto sockets i formed in the leg portions b of the chair base.

I claim:

1. A hairdressers chair for toy figures, especially dolls, comprising abase having leg portions providing at least three points of support, aseat mounted on said base and including a rear seat portion fixed on thebase and a front seat portion supported on said base in the same planeas said rear seat portion, and means mounting said front seat portion onthe base for tilting about a horizontal axis parallel to its front edge.

2. A hairdressers chair as set forth in claim 1 wherein the front seatportion is provided with means for holding a doll thereon during tiltingmovement thereof.

3. A hairdressers chair as set forth in claim 1 wherein the frontportion of the seat carries an elastic holding band for placing over thethighs of the doll to hold the doll on said front seat portion duringtilting thereof.

4. A hairdressers chair as set forth in claim 1 further including anunderframe, upwardly extending projections on said under-frame andrecessed sockets in the leg portions of said base interfitting with saidprojections when said base is placed on the underframe to raise theheight of the seat.

5. A hairdressers chair for toy figures, especially dolls, comprising abase having leg portions providing at least three points of support, asupporting plate fixed horizontally on the base, a seat including a rearportion fixedly mounted on the rear part of the plate, a front seatportion, an axle mounted across the forward portion of the base, saidfront seat portion being pivotally mounted at its forward edge on saidaxle for tilting movement about the axis of said axle from its restposition on the plate.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS709,619 Wangerin Sept. 23, 1902 2,527,152 Ransom et al Oct. 24, 19502,541,744 Burton Feb. 13, 1951 2,621,010 White Dec. 9, 1952

